{"id":72663,"date":"2016-07-20T07:15:47","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T14:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=72663"},"modified":"2019-01-24T08:50:27","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T16:50:27","slug":"suspect-wounded-in-rosamond-officer-involved-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2016\/07\/20\/suspect-wounded-in-rosamond-officer-involved-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect wounded in Rosamond officer-involved shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_72669\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72669\" style=\"width: 724px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72669\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Rosamond-OIS.jpg\" alt=\"[Photo by reader TONY HENRIKSEN]\" width=\"724\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Rosamond-OIS.jpg 724w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Rosamond-OIS-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72669\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">[Facebook picture via reader]<\/figcaption><\/figure><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ROSAMOND &#8211; A 32-year-old man was shot and wounded by Kern County Sheriff\u2019s deputies in Rosamond early Tuesday\u00a0morning after he allegedly led deputies on a short pursuit and then brandished a shotgun, authorities said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Samuel Johnson<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was transported to Antelope Valley Hospital with moderate injuries and is expected to survive, according to a <a href=\"http:\/\/local.nixle.com\/alert\/5685511\/\" target=\"_blank\">news release from the Kern County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The officer-involved shooting happened after deputies responded to a report of a suspect threatening a person with a firearm around 12:50 a.m. Tuesday, July 19, in the 3300 block of 15th Street West in Rosamond, according to the news release.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen deputies arrived, they located the suspect, who was leaving the area in a vehicle. Deputies attempted to stop the vehicle and the suspect led them on a short pursuit, stopping in the 3200 block of Discovery Way,\u201d the news release states. \u201cThe suspect, 32-year-old Samuel Johnson, exited the vehicle and brandished a shotgun at deputies. Two deputies fired several rounds at Johnson, striking him at least once.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Johnson was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, making terrorist threats, auto theft and grand theft of a firearm, according to the news release.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He will be booked into the Kern County Jail upon his release from the hospital, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe two deputies involved in the shooting have been placed on paid administrative leave pending a review of the shooting incident,\u201d the news release states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROSAMOND &#8211; A 32-year-old man was shot and wounded by Kern County Sheriff\u2019s deputies in Rosamond early Tuesday\u00a0morning after he allegedly led deputies on a short pursuit and then brandished a shotgun, authorities said. Samuel Johnson was transported to Antelope Valley Hospital with moderate injuries and is expected to survive, according to a news release [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":72669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719,1491],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72663"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}